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Not including indigenous beliefs, non-Christian faiths total less than three per cent of the population, though are nonetheless highly visible, particularly in urban areas. Followers of the [[Baháʼí Faith]] number over 160,000,<ref name="adherents">{{cite web |url=http://adherents.com/largecom/com_bahai.html |title=The Largest Baha'i Communities |website=Adherents.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991206072438/http://adherents.com/largecom/com_bahai.html |archive-date=6 December 1999 |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> or 1.5 per cent of the population, which is among the largest communities in the world; the William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation, run by the Baháʼí community, is particularly active in areas such as literacy and primary health care.

Approximately 2.7 per cent of Zambians are [[Islam in Zambia|Muslim]], which are highly concentrated in urban areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zambia |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/zambia/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201011933/https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/zambia/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101123105700/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2010/148728.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2010&nbsp;– Zambia]. State.gov. Retrieved on 20 November 2015.</ref> About 500 people belong to the [[Ahmadiyya]] community, which is widely considered a heretical sect.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbElAQAAIAAJ|title=Some basics of religious education in Zambia|access-date=30 March 2014|year=2007|publisher=Mission Press|isbn=978-9982-07-337-0|archive-date=18 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518182149/https://books.google.com/books?id=sbElAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> There is also a small but successful Jewish community, composed mostly of [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazis]].

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